What do you do when your parent(s) start downsizing? The first time, I was in my 20s, and my parents were leaving Michigan to live in Arizona. They asked me and my siblings if there was anything we wanted. I didn’t. When you are starting out on your own, it’s hard to … [Read more...]
Cursing the end of cursive?
Lately, I’ve been seeing these memes: “Please share if you believe schools should teach cursive.” I started to give it some serious thought. Learning cursive was torture for me. My B’s never looked like B’s and the humps of my M’s and N’s were always confused. Heaven forbid I … [Read more...]
What to do – support local biz or get cheaper glasses?
You have to buy a pair of glasses. You can buy a pair for $50 or a pair for $500. What would you do? How about this, the $500 pair of glasses are purchased from your local optometrist, the one who does your eye test every year. The other pair come from the internet after … [Read more...]
Guest column: Looking back on it, looking forward is better
Watching a "Mad Men" episode with my son one day (on Netflix of course), he off-handedly commented that Sally, the daughter of characters Don and Betty Draper, was the same age as me. "Is this really what it was like when you were growing up?" Oh, don't be silly ... wait … [Read more...]
Guest column: When the child becomes the parent
My son, expecting his first child, is reading the book “What to Expect, When You’re Expecting.” “Mom,” he says, “Why didn’t you tell me this stuff?” There’s a lot of “stuff” that nobody can really prepare you for, you have to find your own way through. And everybody’s … [Read more...]
